President Bola Tinubu has given Nigeria’s defence, intelligence and security chiefs 90 days to produce a comprehensive National Threat Assessment and a Five-Year Strategic Defence Operations Plan aimed at transforming the country’s response to evolving security threats. The directive comes amid Read more…
ran and Oman are discussing a temporary transit corridor and mine-clearing for the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran warned on Wednesday that the vital waterway will not be reopened unless the United States ends the war. Washington has announced fresh Read more…
The Jigawa State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the purported endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term by about 500 Islamic scholars as unfortunate and contrary to the teachings of Islam. “We reject Read more…
The Convener of Arewa Think Tank, Muhammad Alhaji Yakubu, has defended the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Shehu, following criticisms over recent pronouncements attributed to the Commission on issues relating to Nigeria’s fiscal and economic Read more…
In obedience to a presidential order, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said it is fully implementing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive for the immediate rescue of worshippers abducted in Niger State, assuring that the military is working with other security Read more…
What to know about the Iran war today: Iranian Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh said Monday that Tehran has been preparing for the new sanctions announced by the U.S. “for a long time” and that it is ready to face them. U.S. Treasury Secretary Read more…
A legal practitioner, Christopher Chidera, has written to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and copied the International Bar Association (IBA), accusing NBA of holding a jamboree in Port Harcourt and maintaining studied silence while criminal justice in Nigeria burns. “As you Read more…
The annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Port Harcourt, Rivers, turned into a fiery political battleground as presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore; Vice Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Read more…
Mr Tinubu’s birth records and academic history have been a subject of controversy before his election in 2023. It resurfaced recently ahead of the 2027 election. The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has asked Nigerians Read more…
By Emma Udeagha February 1, 2023 was a day Chuka Nnabuife, former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of Anambra State’s defunct newspaper, National Light, will never forget in a hurry.That morning began like every other. He arrived at the Ifite- Awka Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze The Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Hon. Mrs Esther Onyekesi has inaugurated Engr. Dr. Francisca Unoma Nwafulugo, FNSE, FNSChE, LKSC, JP, (Ugosimba Nneoma Ojoto)and other newly elected officials as leaders of the Ojoto Read more…
Iran has advised its neighbors in the Middle East against entering an “economic war” alongside the U.S., as the conflict between Washington and Tehran nears the six-month mark. Mohsen Rezaei, the Iranian Supreme National Security Council leader, gave a heads-up Read more…